20 Addictive Christmas Party Games Just For The Adults

What’s more fun during the holiday season than playing party games with your friends and family?! If you’re tired of the same old charades and Monopoly, don’t worry… we’ve got you covered! The games we’ve listed below are some of newest, most exciting party games, and your guests are bound to love ‘em!

Cards Against Humanity

This game is a darker, funnier version of Apples to Apples. One person puts down their black card, and the others respond with their funniest white card. This game is great, because there’s no maximum on the number of players you can have! Just make sure you don’t play with people who can’t take a joke!

Christmas-opoly

For the Christmas-loving crowd in your life, this game is sure to be a hit! Modelled after traditional Monopoly, Christmas-opoly has board spaces such as “Bah Humbug” and “Lump of Coal”. Pick your favorite Christmas symbol as your playing piece—from candy cane to teddy bear—and get ready to have a great time!

Drunk Stoned or Stupid

This is more of a game to play with a closer group of friends, and it’s tons of fun! One person, coined as “the judge”, reads off a card. Each person in the group decides who should be tagged with this card—based off of past experiences, funny stories, or personality traits—and the judge makes a final ruling, handing the “card of shame” to the chosen person.

5 Second Rule

With the tagline “Just spit it out!”, 5 Second Rule is bound to get tons of laughs. The topic is chosen, and you have five seconds to name three things related to the topic (EX: three dog breeds). Sounds simple, right?! Well, you’d be surprised how hard it is to come up with those things under the pressure of time! You’ll have a great time playing and watching your friends get tongue-tied!

The Voting Game

This is a great game that can be enjoyed by up to ten people at once. The premise is simple: a card is read, and players vote anonymously for who in the group best fits the question. Sample questions include, “Whose Google search history would you most like to see?” and “Who will be the hardest to recognize in ten years?”.

Taboo Board Game

This is a game where words matter. Like charades or Pictionary, you want your teammate to try to guess the secret word you’ve been assigned. But here’s the catch—you can’t use any of the words deemed off limits. You’ve gotta be a quick and creative thinker, so choose your team wisely!

Watch Ya Mouth

Now this game is truly one-of-a-kind. It comes with over 140 cards of fun, family-friendly phrases—and cheek retractors. You and your family will be laughing until you cry as you listen to each other read these already-silly phrases with a mouthpiece in. And don’t worry… the mouthpieces are dishwasher-safe.

Never Have I Ever

Everyone loves playing their own version of Never Have I Ever, but sometimes it’s hard to think of topics on the spot. With this card game version, you don’t have to! Players work to build up their “Wall of Shame” with each blue card—each an embarrassing, crazy moment—they are “guilty” of.

Awkward Turtle

Marketed as “the word guessing game with an awkward sense of humor”, this game has you giving clues to your team members, who have to guess your word. The catch: these words are majorly awkward—anything from scrotum to moist. If this fits in with your sense of humor, grab a few of your closest buddies and get ready for some laughs!

Santa vs. Jesus

This is the perfect game for the Christmas enthusiasts in your life. Players are divided into two teams, Team Santa and Team Jesus, and must work together to solve a variety of Christmas-themed puzzles, riddles, and more. But these aren’t your typical tasks—you may have to save North Koreans imprisoned for singing Christmas carols, or find yourself in the middle of ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little QuizMas’.

Bounce-Off Game

For a more family-friendly game, this is a fun choice that gets your brain working overtime. You’ll be given challenge cards, each with a specific pattern, and your job is to recreate the pattern using the included bouncing balls as fast as you can. But you can’t just place these balls in the grid—you have to bounce them in. Whichever team gets them in place first, wins!

Anti-Monopoly

This game is a fun, modern twist on the classic game of Monopoly. Updated to reflect the 21st century, players are divided up into two teams, the monopolists and the free market competitors. They must work as a team to win big money and real estate while also abiding by the rules of their respective teams.

Ticket to Ride

This underrated board game is a cross-country adventure perfect for the whole family. Players compete to see who can travel by train to the most US cities in just seven days. Game cards and help cards direct the players as they navigate the 225 colored train cars.

Exploding Kittens

Marketed as a game for “people who are into kittens and explosions and boob wizards”, this is definitely not safe to play with kids or in the workplace. Players pick from the pile of cards, hoping to avoid the “Exploding Kitten” card. Other cards are used to navigate, move, or avoid the “Exploding Kittens”.

Utter Nonsense

Get ready for a good laugh with all your friends. This game has players combining stereotypical accents with ridiculous phrases for a truly hilarious combination. Talk like a grandma, a redneck, and more as your friends say phrases you never thought you’d hear them say.

Adult HedBanz

This game takes the “Who am I?” premise to a whole new level. Players are given a topic card to wear in an adjustable headband on their forehead. They don’t know what they are, but they must ask questions to help them figure it out. Topics range from foods, to historical figures, to places.

Pandemic Board Game

Disease has broken out in the world, and it’s your job—along with the other players—to stop it before mankind is completely wiped out. The aim of the game is to work strategically to create a plan to save the world. Work fast, because the first player with four cards cures that particular disease.

Twister Game

Ok, so this game isn’t exactly new… but it’s a classic favorite for a reason! Not only is it super fun to play, but it’s also super fun to watch! Who doesn’t want to laugh on as their friends twist and turn like a pretzel in an effort to put their left hand on blue?!

A Game of Thrones: The Board Game

Gather your Game of Thrones-loving friends and get ready for the night of your life! This game has each player taking control of one of six Great Houses of Westeros, with players aiming to take over valuable areas containing castles and strongholds. The game has a unique medieval aesthetic that fits right in with the actual show.

One Night Ultimate Werewolf

In this game, each player gets a role, from a villager to the werewolf. Each round lasts only ten minutes, and the other players must guess who the werewolf is. The game includes a free iOS/Android app that makes it even more fun and engaging!